The Literary Stand-Alone Complex (Introduction)
On How A Fake Genre Came To Exist
Three weeks ago, J.D. Cowan—author of The Last Fanatics: How the Genre Wars Killed Wonder—wrote the following article with regard to how “Fantasy” is as fake as “Science Fiction”.
This past week, J.D.’s article got support from Dragon Award winning author and editor Brian Niemeier when he penned “Why “Science Fiction” and “Fantasy” Are Dead”.
Let’s clear …



